Archives for
October 2006

Metacafe, the YouTube-like video-sharing site with offices in California and Tel-Aviv, officially launched its Producer Rewards program today. The scheme, which has been mentioned briefly on Mashable before (see the Revver post), pays uploaders based...

MingleNow, a social network that's been in private testing for a few months, throws open its doors today. Founded by a former club promoter, the site focuses on bars, clubs and restaurants, allowing people who attend certain venues to connect. If you...

We’ve been doing some heavy number crunching at Mashable Labs lately, so just for kicks we wanted to know what an average YouTube user looks like. We started by seeding a list with usernames of 100 active users on YouTube, like lonelygirl15. Then we ...

Bunchball, a neat site that offers Flash gaming widgets for blogs and social networks, has raised $2 million in first round funding. The Bay Area-based company raised the funds from Granite Ventures and Adobe Ventures, having previously received an a...

It emerged over the weekend that MySpace is on a charge in New Zealand, entering Hitwise's Top 20 in September. From the week ending February 11th to the week ending 30th September, MySpace's rank jumped from number 40 to number 20. That brings MySpa...

Does Brad Greenspan ever sleep? Having founded Intermix Media, which owned MySpace before it was sold to News Corp, Greenspan sometimes carries the tagline "MySpace founder" - he's now highly active in the social media space, with his LiveUniverse co...

MySpace is announcing today that it's partnering with Gracenote, a music recognition service, to check uploaded music against a database of copyrighted material. Users who repeatedly upload copyrighted content will have their accounts deleted, they s...

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